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BROCHURE foojf.kdk CONVOCATION ok¡ 50 nh{kkUr lekjksg 15 th and 16 th JUNE, 2017 15 ,oa 16 twu, 2017 CONVOCATION ok¡ Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 50 nh{kkUr lekjksg Hkkjrh; çkS|ksfxdh laLFkku] dkuiqj Board of Governors Prof. Shikha Dixit Chairmen, Board of Governors Humanities & Social Sciences Shri R.C. Bhargava Prof. R.R.K. Sharma Chairman Industrial & Management Engineering SI. No. Name Position Period Prof. Anish Upadhyaya From To Materials Science & Engineering Prof. Indranil Manna 01 Dr. Sampurna Nand, CM, U.P. Chairman, BoG 1959 1960 Director (Ex-officio Member) Prof. Arbind Kumar Lal Mathematics & Statistics 02 Shri C.B. Gupta, C.M., U.P. Chairman, BoG 1960 1965 Prof. P. Balaram Prof. P. Venkitanarayanan 03 Shri Padampat Singhania Chairman, BoG 1965 1971 Prof. J. K Bhattacharjee Mechanical Engineering Prof. Onkar Singh Prof. D. Chowdhury 04 Dr. S. Hussain Zaheer Chairman, BoG 1971 1974 Prof. G. C. Tripathi Physics 05 Dr. M.L. Dhar Chairman, BoG 1975 1978 Shri Krishnamurthi Venkataramanan 06 Shri L.M. Thapar Chairman, BoG 1978 1980 Prof. C.S. Upadhyay Heads of Inter-Disciplinary Programmes Prof. Veejendra K. Yadav 07 Dr. P Venkateswarlu,Director, IITK Officiating Chairman, BoG 1980 1980 Prof. Achla Raina 08 Prof. R.N. Dogra Chairman, BoG 1980 1985 Key Institute Administrators Cognitive Science 09 Dr. A.S. Ganguly Chairman, BoG 1985 1990 Prof. Shantanu Bhattacharya Design 10 Dr. S. Ganguly Chairman, BoG 1990 1993 Prof. Indranil Manna Director & Chairman, Senate Prof. Purnendu Bose 11 Prof. R.C. Malhotra, Director, IITK Officiating Chairman, BoG 1993 1994 Prof. Manindra Agrawal Environmental Engineering & Management 12 Shri Govind Hari Singhania Chairman, BoG 1994 1997 Deputy Director Prof. Rajeev Gupta 13 Shri Hari Shanker Bhartia Chairman, BoG 1997 2003 Prof. Neeraj Misra Materials Science Dean, Academic Affairs Prof. P. Venkitanarayanan 14 Prof. C.N.R. Rao Chairman, BoG 2003 2006 Nuclear Engineering & Technology Prof. K. Muralidhar 15 Prof. M Anandakrishnan Chairman, BoG 2006 2015 Dean, Faculty Affairs Prof. R. Vijaya Prof. Onkar Dikshit Photonics Science and Engineering 16 Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IITK Officiating Chairman, BoG 2015 2015 Dean, Infrastructure and Planning 17 Shri R C Bhargava Chairman, BoG 2015 to date Prof. S. Ganesh Chairpersons & Conveners of Standing Dean, Research & Development Committees of Senate Prof. B.V. Phani Dean, Resources & Alumni Directors Prof. A.R. Harish Prof. Indranil Manna Dean, Students' Affairs Chairman, Senate Educational Policy Committee Shri K.K. Tiwari Prof. Y.N. Mohapatra SI. No. Name Position Period Registrar and Secretary of Senate & Board of Governors Chairman, Senate Curriculum Development and From To Monitoring Committee 01. Dr. P.K. Kelkar Director 14.12.1959 11.04.1970 Heads of Departments Prof. J.N. Moorthy Convener, Senate Educational Policy Committee 02. Dr. M.S. Muthana Officiating Director 12.04.1970 11.12.1970 Prof. A.K. Ghosh Prof. R.N. Sengupta 03. Dr. M.S. Muthana Director 12.12.1970 23.12.1974 Chairman, Senate Elections Committee Aerospace Engineering 04. Dr. Jagdish Lal Director 24.12.1974 01.05.1976 Prof. D.S. Katti Prof. Indranil Manna Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Chairman, Senate Honorary Degree Committee 05. Dr. A. Bhattacharya Director 02.05.1976 20.01.1980 Prof. V. Shankar Prof. Rajiv Shekhar 06. Dr. P. Venkateswarlu Director 21.01.1980 28.02.1981 Chemical Engineering Chairman, Senate Library Committee 07. Dr. S. Sampath Director 01.03.1981 31.08.1986 Prof. Sandeep Verma Prof. Suchitra Mathur Chemistry Chairperson, Senate Nominations Committee 08. Dr. A.K. Mallik Director 01.09.1986 21.06.1991 Prof. Achla Raina Prof. Purnendu Bose 09. Dr. M.P. Kapoor Officiating Director 22.06.1991 24.05.1992 Civil Engineering Chairperson, Senate Post-Graduate Committee Prof. Sandeep Shukla Prof. Nitin Kaistha 10. Dr. R.C. Malhotra Director 25.05.1992 30.09.1997 Computer Science & Engineering Chairman, Senate Rules Committee 11. Dr. K.A. Padmanabhan Director 01.10.1997 14.09.2001 Prof. Javed N. Malik Prof. N. N. Nair 12. Dr. Ashwini Kumar Officiating Director 14.09.2001 16.10.2001 Earth Sciences Chairman, Senate Scholarships & Prizes Committee Prof. Joydeep Datta Prof. A. R. Harish 13. Dr. Sanjay G. Dhande Director 16.10.2001 06.11.2012 Chairman, Senate Students' Affairs Committee Economic Sciences 14. Dr. Indranil Manna Director 07.11.2012 to date Prof. S. P. Das Prof. Manoj K. Harbola Electrical Engineering Chairman, Senate Under-Graduate Committee Graduating Students 50th Convocation 2017 EXHORTATION Remember that your knowledge and intellectual attainment is the most sacred wealth of the nation. You shall therefore, use it in a manner befitting the honour and dignity of your country and of your alma mater. You shall make every effort, in all circumstances, to uphold the dignity of your profession and integrity of your character.You shall endeavour, in every way, through thought, word and action, to bring about the well-being of people. You must live a well-disciplined life. Never forget the commandment of the sacred scriptures: “Thou shalt perform deeds that are commendable and no others.” DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) Aerospace Engineering Rahul Mishra Prof. Ashwani Kumar Thakur Y9218070 (Thesis Supervisor) Controlling the hierarchical levels of polyglutamine D. Saravanan Prof. Debopam Das Y7201061 (Thesis Supervisor) aggregation by different amino acid substitutions. An experimental and numerical investigation of normal, obique and parallel interaction of a Apeksha P Damania Prof. Ashok Kumar compressible vortex ring with a wall. 10118064 (Thesis Supervisor) Bioartificial liver support and tissue engineering strategies for liver regeneration. Chandrala Lakshmana Dora Prof. Debopam Das Y9101062 (Thesis Supervisor) Unsteady evolution of compressible vortex rings: Joyita Sarkar Prof. Ashok Kumar velocity, density and acoustic fields. 10118065 (Thesis Supervisor) Development of cryogel based platform for high throughput screening and analysis . Vivek Pandey Prof. Abhijit Kushari Y9101069 Prof. Ashok De (Thesis Supervisors) Soneya Majumdar Prof. Balaji Prakash Numerical and experimental studies of gas turbine 10118071 Prof. Ashok Kumar combustion. (Thesis Supervisors) Investigating diversity in GTP hydrolysis mechanisms with special emphasis on Rab Gtpases and a ribosome Yesgat Admassu Lakew Prof. R.Kitey binding GTPase EngA. 11101067 Prof. C. S. Upadhyay (Thesis Supervisors) Mechanical and fracture behavior of glass filled epoxy Bais Vaibhav Sushilsingh Prof. Balaji Prakash composites: effect of filler shape, volume fraction and 10118072 Prof. Ashok Kumar temperature. (Thesis Supervisors) Classification, characterization and promiscuity studies of sugar nucleotidylyltransferases family of Aravindh Kumar S M Prof. E. Rathakrishna 12101067 (Thesis Supervisor) enzymes and design of inhibitors against protein Aspect ratio effect on supersonic elliptic jet and its kinases of Mtb. control effectiveness. Chemical Engineering Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Aparna Chaudhary Prof. Sanjeev Garg Richa Maheshwari Prof. K. Subramaniam Y7102061 (Thesis Supervisor) siRNA therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease: an in silico Y8118066 Prof. A.Bandyopadhyay (Thesis Supervisors) and in virtro study . PUF-8, a caenorhabditiselegans translational regular, promotes niche-germline stem cell signalling via the Pradeep Kumar Prof. Ashok Khanna ER protein FARL-11. Y7202067 Prof. Tessy Vincent (Ext.) (Thesis Supervisors) Solvent extraction of heavy metal ions using green Saravanan M Prof. Ashok Kumar solvents. Y8118067 Prof. Balaji Prakash (Thesis Supervisors) Two dimensional diffusion crystallization: a novel Rupesh Singh Prof. Sri Sivakumar methodology to crystallize proteins. Y9202061 Prof. Deepak Kunzru (Thesis Supervisors) Development of nanocatalysts for hydrodesul- Krishna Deepak R N V Prof. R. Sankararamakrishnan Y9118064 (Thesis Supervisor) furization reaction. NH...N hydrogen bonds in proteins and biological significance of non-covalent interactions: J. Jaishree Prof. Sri Sivakumar computational studies. Y9502062 (Thesis Supervisor) Nanoparticles encapsulated polymer capsules as bioimaging agent: synthesis, characterization, Singh Pratik Narendra Pratap Prof. A. Bandyopadhyay Y9118068 (Thesis Supervisor) immunological assessment, in vitro and in vivo studies. Molecular basis of articular cartilage development and maintenance by mechanical loading. Debdip Bhandary Prof. Jayant K. Singh 10102062 (Thesis Supervisor) Understanding of self-assembled monolayer using Anshika Goenka Prof. S. Ganesh molecular dynamics simulations. “Talk to yourself at least once in a day, otherwise you may miss a meeting with an excellent person in this world.” Y9218063 (Thesis Supervisor) Role of human non-coding satellite –III transcripts in ― Swami Vivekananda cellular stress response. 50th Convocation, 2017 50th Convocation, 2017 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 1 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) Koshal Kishor Prof. Raj Ganesh S Pala Ashok Kumar Baranwal Prof. R P Chhabra Subhomoy Das Prof. M. K. Ghorai Sudhir Kumar Sahoo Prof. Nisanth N. Nair 10102063 (Thesis Supervisor) 11202062 (Thesis Supervisor) Y9107084 (Thesis Supervisor) 10107086 (Thesis Supervisor) Design of electrocatalysts and support for oxygen and Effect of confinement on free convection in non - Domino imino-aldol-aza-michael/ michael-michael Development of CPMD/GULP QM/MM interface for chlorine evolution reactions. newtonian fluids from heated cylinders. reactions: stereoselective syntheses